Articles by 'Mark Handelman'

Here are some of the technology stories that caught our eye today:
Citrix Worx App Gallery is now generally available and has more than 100 third-party apps since it was previewed in May. App security and provisioning is controlled through XenMobile, and apps run in encrypted containers on mobile devices.
Dell Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise 7.0 now supports VMware vSphere and vCloud Director. The software also now cleans up unused VMs that still lurk in a virtual desktop environment. Dell will... read more.

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Rackspace will be adding VMware vCenter Servers, which will allow the cloud provider to support single-tenant vCenter Servers for hybrid clouds. The hosted VMware environment will mirror a customer’s data center and have the same vCenter tools.
Riverbed released a new appliance that integrates the Cascade and OPNET product families. The appliance combines application-aware network performance management and application performance mana... read more.

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The US Department of Energy revealed that it was hacked in late July, and the personally identifiable information of 14,000 current and former employees was affected. This is the second time the DOE was hacked this year, having also been hacked in February.
EMC was honored by IDG’s CIO 100, which recognizes IT companies’ use of innovative technologies. EMC was recognized for its two-year process to replace its old ERP system with one from... read more.

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New research from Foote Partners shows that companies are now starting to pay more for employees with IT certifications in certain areas. Architecture, Project Management, Database, and IT Security certifications led all categories in growth.
Forbes magazine released its third-annual list of The World’s 100 Most Innovative Companies. VMware ranked third, and Citrix came in at #50. The list will be featured in the magazine’s September 2... read more.

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VMware’s vCenter Log Insight now has seven new content packs from Cisco, EMC, HyTrust, NetApp, NetFlow Logic, Puppet Labs, and VCE. The packs allow vCenter Log Insight to read and give insight on unstructured data from the companies’ applications and hardware.
Microsoft has pulled six of its Patch Tuesday updates off of Windows Update. Patches for Microsoft Exchange, Windows Kernel, and Active Directory Federation Services were pulled... read more.

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Brad Anderson, Microsoft’s Corporate VP of Windows Server and System Center, announced in a blog post that Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and a new update for Windows Intune will be available October 18. This is the same day Microsoft will release the consumer version of Windows 8.1.
Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday update was released yesterday. The update covers 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Windows Server, Internet... read more.

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VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger will kick off this year’s VMworld in San Francisco with a keynote speech on Monday, August 26 at noon EST. Gelsinger will also take part in a panel discussion with other IT leaders later that day.
Bill Fathers, senior vice president and general manager for hybrid cloud at VMware, spoke with Eric Knorr of InfoWorld about the company’s hybrid cloud strategy ahead of VMworld later this month.
According to the U... read more.

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At a press conference last Friday, President Barack Obama promised a review of the government’s surveillance programs, to address criticism about the government’s surveillance programs under the Patriot Act.
Lavabit and Silent Circle, two providers of secure email services, shut down those services last week due to growing concerns about the NSA’s surveillance programs. Lavabit founder Ladar Levison said he is fighting the government i... read more.

Here are some of the technology stories that caught our eye today:
Microsoft published a Patch Tuesday Advance Notification for August, detailing the updates that will be coming next week. Eight critical security bulletins will be released, addressing vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, and Exchange.
A security researcher assembled a device that was able to read information his iPhone sent over open WiFi. CreepyDOL was able to read the sites and services he accessed, his name, and his MAC a... read more.

Here are some of the technology stories that caught our eye today:
Google is taking criticism for the way Chrome stores user passwords in the browser’s saved password manager in plain text. Anyone with access to the machine can easily see the stored passwords and websites the user belongs to.
Microsoft released a beta version of the Windows Phone App Studio. App Studio is a free, browser-based tool, which allows people with little-to-no coding experience to write applications for Windows Phone devices... read more.